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3.
An attempt to map institutional
decolonisation by Lucy Panesar
Over the past year, in my role as UAL Diversity and Inclusion
Educational Developer, I have learnt of much activity that could be
seen to be contributing to the decolonisation of the institution. For
this zine I attempted to map these, with input from members of the
UAL Attainment Network, but I soon realised there were too many
examples, of varying natures, to represent in a small printed map. So
what you see here is the mere beginnings of an ongoing mapping
process, with no names mentioned, as an
example of some of the activity taking
place at UAL.
I invite you to continue
mapping with me, in collaboration
online. View and edit via this link:
https://bit.ly/2pC9fdp
CSM have participated in Changing Mindsets. The MA
Communication Design course reading list is co-constructed with
students annually as part of a Curriculum Development Fund. They
have hosted the Open Dialogue exhibition for Afro-Caribbean Artists
and Designers and series of student led Open Forums. They host 'A-
Forum’ which challenges assessment norms, ‘Public Local’
partnerships, Creative Unions, and a new zine collection and
workshop series in the Library.
LCF’s new credit framework
prompts curricula meaningful
responses around ‘diversity’ and
‘internationalisation’. They host
Faith + Fashion, Success Talks, and
evening lectures by BAME
ambassadors. They co-run Hi-Vis
with LCC, leading to diversity being
the theme of 1st year units. They
initiated the first ‘BAME Talent Day’
for prospective teaching staff at
UAL and host the Better Lives
diversity initiative. Performance run
‘Thinking Differently’ lectures.
Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon
staff piloted the Inclusive Attainment
workshop and are involved in Changing
Mindsets. They hosts the Black Arts &
Modernism project and ‘perspectives’
lecture series plus the Reading East Asia
(READ) group and Decolonising Arts
Practice. They supports the student led
Cloud Canyons group.
LCC host events for Decolonising design and a staff/student
Liberate the Curriculum project. Illustration and Visual Media host
‘Small Talks - student identities’. Graphic Media Design hosts the
‘Canon of Graphic Design history’. Sound Design hosts ‘Still
Waiting’ and the ‘Hold Tight’ collaborative project around Jeffrey
Boakye talk and book design. Staff are involved in a SEED project
and Changing Mindsets.
UAL hosts the Race Champions Forum,
the longstanding Group for Equality of
Minority Staff, and en>route programme.
The Library is working with Arts Student
Union to Liberate the Curriculum.
Academic Support is hosting Reading
Collections: The African-Caribbean, Asian
and African Art in Britain Archive, Creative
Library Research workshops, and Hack
your Library: Challenging labels
workshops. The Teaching & Learning
Exchange hosted a Decolonisation
workshop and offer the popular Inclusive
Teaching & Learning PGCert unit
alongside other Inclusivity workshops.
The Language Centre have an
Intercultural Communications Training
Menu.
From the forthcoming Decolonising the Arts Curriculum Zine